"$_ = 'lll+ll'; #3+2 @add = m/(l+)\+(l+)/; print "$_ = @add\n"; $_ = 'lll*ll'; #3*2 @mult = m/l(?=.*\*(l*))/g; print "$_ = @mult\n"; $_ = 'lll'; @sqr = m/(l)(?=(l*))(?=(l*))/g; print "$_ squared = @sqr\n";" #### my $a = '111'; my $b = '11'; print $a . $b, "\n"; # 3 + 2 print $a x length($b), "\n"; #3 * 2 print $a x length($a), "\n"; #sqr(3)